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THE SUICIDE OF MISS NOURSE.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.--Miss Laura H. Nourse, the young girl who committed suicide at Louisville last week, is a niece of Prof. Joseph E. Nourse, of the Naval Observatory here. She was born in this city and went West with her parents at the close of the war, but for the last two years her relatives in this city have been unaware of her whereabouts. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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